Rumer Willis goes nude in BDSM-inspired photoshoot to reclaim ‘female form’, says her body will not be policed
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, has posed boldly for a BDSM-inspired photoshoot, calling for an end to the policing of women’s bodies. The 32-year-old collaborated with photographer Tyler Shields and gave nude shots for a number of daring pictures, for a series called ‘Bondage’. One of Rumer’s pictures showed her in a latex bodysuit and thigh-high boots while her hair was done in a sleek updo. She was also seen holding a leather crop. In another snapshot, she was seen wearing nothing but the boots, tied up with a black rope while kneeling on the floor. The pictures have been shared on her Instagram account with a lengthy caption that read: “This series I created with Tyler is about reclaiming the female form. Whether clothed or not, as women our bodies are constantly policed and dictated over by men and by other women. We are told what we can and cannot wear based on our size and shape or others beliefs about what is acceptable or appropriate. We are told what we need to look like to be considered beautiful.”
The ‘Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood’ actress said that women are judged for the way they dress and told that if they dress a certain way they are "asking for it" or if they are more covered up they are considered "prude or unexpressed."
"We are told our sexuality and expression of that sexuality is something we should ashamed of, something we should keep to ourselves. We are persecuted for our right to choose when to become a mother, or to become one at all. We are kept from access to birth control, places to get information about sexual health and contraceptives are defunded. The lineage of women who have fought with their lives to progress women’s rights sacrificed everything to get us to where we are today and we are still miles away from any sort of equality. My body and my right to my divine femininity will not be policed or suppressed by anyone... man or woman.
“This idea that when other women are naked it means they don’t respect themselves —- us being naked or sexual is automatically assumed as being done for a man out of self loathing and insecurity and it’s such bullshit. we can be sexual for us. We can be naked for us. We can be tied up for us. People think telling women to not be naked and “respect themselves” is feminist but it’s really just centering men once again in the assumption that everything you are doing is for them.”
She also had a word for anyone who has suffered abuse and was likely to be triggered by the photos because of past trauma, saying that her intention was to celebrate and empower the female form. "But I understand for some this could bring up the opposite. Know that I see you and I respect you and wish to hold you and your stories with the upmost reverence and respect. This was not for any man. This was for me. It was about exploration and taking back power in my right to choose. I support any woman’s right to express their sensuality, sexuality, self,” Rumer concluded.
